In his own village, Silangan, there are about two hundred Indians, counting slaves and timaguas; in the village of Sinurey, two hundred; in the village of Caracan, one hundred; in Catituan, one hundred and fifty; Vindanao, seven hundred; Vitala, one hundred and thirty; Vinuruan, four hundred; Lucon, one hundred and sixty; Tanpacan, one thousand; Atalayan, seventy; Burruan, two hundred; Balabaca, seventy; Caburundan, one hundred; Macapan, eighty; Corocoan, one hundred and forty; Buayen, eight hundred; Tuoca, one hundred; Balete, one thousand; Batunan, one hundred; Baluaquen, one hundred; Ybalen, one hundred and eighty; Tolendin, six hundred; Salunbun, one hundred; Quibaca, two hundred; Cacaren, two hundred and fifty; Matinguaguanen, four hundred; Cabacan, one hundred and eighty; Bagaygaran, one hundred and forty.  Total, seven thousand nine hundred and fifty.

The said Dato Bahandil declared that all the above villages were on the said river, swamps, and lake of this province of Mindanao.  He said that a river called Ytilurey flowed into this lake, [39] which comes from the mountains of Butuan and Caragan, and it has places where gold is washed.  When he was asked how much gold each person could wash daily, he said that he had not seen it, but he had heard that they got sometimes one-half a tae, and from that down to six, four, or two maes.  This river contains six thousand men, and near by is another branch of the river called Dumanen with about seven hundred Indians.  From the said river of Esirey is another branch called Sula with about one thousand Indians living at its confluence with the large river which flows into the lake.  There is a settlement called Megatan, under a chief Cacopi, with two thousand men.  It is near the junction of the three branches, which form a cross.  This lake is about one-half league wide.  In summer it dries up and is then full of sedges.  In the rainy season it is quite full of water.  From this river of Mindanao to the tingues [mountains], whence flows the said river of Tirurey, it is a twenty days’ journey up the lake.

He was asked how many people the coast of this said river of Mindanao contained.  He said that a day’s journey along the shore of this river by which we came is a province called Tabungao.  It has about three thousand Indians, who harvest a great quantity of rice.  They live inland a distance of four leagues.  Farther on and adjacent to this province is another settlement, called the province of Picon.  It has one thousand five hundred Indians, who are well supplied with food.

Along the coast two days’ journey eastward, is a settlement called Bilan.  It is a river with gold mines.  He says that along the entire river dwell ten thousand Ytingues [mountaineers] Indians who are not settled, and that they are at peace with a village at the mouth of the river, called Canipaan.  With all others they are at war.  The people are very rich.  All the rest of the coast is settled by Lutaos. [40]